Philip Salomons
Encyclopedia
Philip Salomons was born in London
and was a City of London financier, as were his father and his brother, Sir David Salomons
.
Solomons travelled extensively in the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1826. Later that year, however, he returned to England and resumed his British citizenship.
Solomons married Emma Abigail Montefiore, ( 1833–1859) in 1850 when he was 54 and she was 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later; their children were reared by Sir David. The couple are buried in the West Ham Jewish Cemetery
.
Salomons followed his father as Warden of London's New Synagogue in 1843. He succeeded his brother as a representative on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A devout man, he had his own private Roof-top synagogue
on top of his Hove
home.
He married late, at 54, when his wife was only 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later, leaving his children to the care of their uncle, David Salomons .
Salomons served as Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Sussex
(1852) and Deputy Lieutenant of the County.
He was a noted collector of antique Judaica.
The Tablets of the Ten Commandments from the synagogue are preserved in the collection of the Salomons Museum
in Tunbridge Wells.
Salomons was father of Sir David Lionel Salomons.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and was a City of London financier, as were his father and his brother, Sir David Salomons
David Salomons
Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet was a leading figure in the 19th century struggle for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom...
.
Solomons travelled extensively in the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1826. Later that year, however, he returned to England and resumed his British citizenship.
Solomons married Emma Abigail Montefiore, ( 1833–1859) in 1850 when he was 54 and she was 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later; their children were reared by Sir David. The couple are buried in the West Ham Jewish Cemetery
West Ham Jewish Cemetery
The Jewish Cemetery at West Ham is a Jewish Cemetery in West Ham, England.The cemetery was established in 1856 by the New Synagogue on Great St. Helen's soon joined by the Great Synagogue in Duke's Place, both London congregations....
.
Salomons followed his father as Warden of London's New Synagogue in 1843. He succeeded his brother as a representative on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A devout man, he had his own private Roof-top synagogue
Roof-top synagogue
The Roof-top synagogue was a private synagogue built on the roof of the home of Philip Salomons on the Regency-era Brunswick estate in Hove, now a constituent part of the English city of Brighton and Hove...
on top of his Hove
Hove
Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...
home.
He married late, at 54, when his wife was only 17. She died aged 26 and he died eight years later, leaving his children to the care of their uncle, David Salomons .
Salomons served as Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Sussex
High Sheriff of Sussex
-History:The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the...
(1852) and Deputy Lieutenant of the County.
He was a noted collector of antique Judaica.
The Tablets of the Ten Commandments from the synagogue are preserved in the collection of the Salomons Museum
Salomons Museum
The Salomons Museum is a museum north of Tunbridge Wells, in southeast England. It preserves the country house of Sir David Salomons, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London, and of his nephew, Sir David Lionel Salomons, a scientist and engineer...
in Tunbridge Wells.
Salomons was father of Sir David Lionel Salomons.